The movie above details ‘MxR Architecture’ a mix of physical and virtual models together in a single interface.

Using Mixed Reality, virtual models can be superimposed over real models in real-time, allowing the designer/user/client to make changes, simulate sun angles, run agents studies, add components as well as transition to a fully-immersive VR view at any time.

We especially like the bipeds walking around on the table top, basic table top augmented reality can be great for a student project and its not as difficult as it looks – see our previous Tutorial ‘Quick and Easy Augmented Reality from SketchUp/3DMax‘ for full details. Of course to take it to the level seen in the video above takes a lot more time and dedication…